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Patent GB-2496887-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine engine abradable liner
Inventor: MERRIMAN NICHOLAS MICHAEL
IPC: F01D5/20
Filed: 2011-11-25
Abstract: A gas turbine fan section or compressor section abradable liner 50 comprises an abradable polymeric matrix 52 having a plurality of dispersed dry lubricant particulates or metallic fibres 54. The dry lubricant particulates or metallic fibres reduce heat caused by friction and which may affect either the material of the blade or the casing. The dry lubricant particles may be selected from the group molybdenum disulphide, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), graphite, boron nitride, talc, calcium fluoride, cerium fluoride and tungsten disulfide. The particulates may be dispersed in the matrix at a volume of between 5% and 15% of the matrix volume. The abradable polymeric matrix may be a low density epoxy resin. The dry lubricant particles may have an average size of between 10 microns and 500 microns. The fibres may be less than 5mm in length. The liner may be provided in a fan casing 32. The liner may be provided on the tip of an aerofoil 12
Patent GB-2488015-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle navigation system including a camera for determining a lane of travel
Inventor: JACOBS MALTE
IPC: G01C21/28
Filed: 2012-01-25
Abstract: A position determining device is provided for determining the position of an automobile 2 travelling on a roadway 1. A dataset is selected from map data stored in a memory device such that the selected dataset contains the determined position of the vehicle 2. A lane 4 of the roadway 1 in which the vehicle 2 is travelling is determined by means of data acquired from at least one optical camera 5. A determined lane 4 in the dataset is selected as the own lane 6 of the motor vehicle 2. The position determining device may be a GPS receiver. The memory device may comprise a vehicle navigation system. Lane determination may be achieved by means of lane marking detection in images taken by the camera 5.
Patent GB-2493409-A (GB)
Title: Tooth brushing system
Inventor: ROSE NEAL MAURICE
IPC: A46B5/00
Filed: 2012-02-06
Abstract: A tooth brushing system 10 comprising a plurality of toothbrush heads 14, each head 14 having a different distribution of bristles, a plurality of toothbrush handles 12, each handle 12 having a different grip arrangement, and co-operating, releasable attachment means 16 provided on each toothbrush head 14 and each handle 12 for attaching any selected one of the toothbrush heads 14 to any selected one of the toothbrush handles 12. The application also discloses a toothbrush in which the handle comprises two parts which are joined about a hinge point (figure 4b).
Patent GB-2489581-A (GB)
Title: Suspension device
Inventor: WILHELM JORG
IPC: A63G9/12
Filed: 2012-03-27
Abstract: A suspension device for a connecting component 5 to which a dynamic load is mountable comprises an axis 2 fixed to a carrier 1, a roller 3 rotatably mounted on the axis 2 and having a circumferential groove into which the connecting component 5 can be hooked in frictionally, and at least one safety device 4 adapted to be moved manually from a locking position, in which it prevents a hooking-in or hooking-off of the connecting component 5, into a release position permitting a hooking-in or hooking-off of the connecting component 5. The connecting component 5 may take the form of a karabiner having an eye which has an internal dimension smaller than the outer diameter of the safety devices 4. Thus, the safety devices 4 form a stopper for the connecting component 5 in the axial direction of the roller 3 and, in this way prevent a slipping/coming off of the connecting component 5 over the axial ends of the roller 3. The safety devices 4 may be spring biased in the axial towards the roller 3. The suspension device is particularly useful for supporting a dynamic load such as a swing.
Patent GB-2503505-A (GB)
Title: A cradle assembly for a vehicle telematics unit having an anti-tamper feature
Inventor: ALLEN SIMON HOWARD
IPC: B60R11/00
Filed: 2012-06-29
Abstract: There is provided a cradle assembly 14 for attaching a unit 12 to an internal surface in a vehicle, comprising: a mounting plate for receiving the unit on a first side and for attaching to the internal surface using an adhesive on a second side, wherein the mounting plate comprises a stress point (59, figure 5) arranged to fracture if a removal force is exerted on the mounting plate higher than a predetermined threshold level, the force being less than the adhesive bond between the mounting plate and the internal surface such that when the force is exerted a portion of the mounting plate remains adhered to the internal surface and the mounting plate is broken. The unit and cradle may have first and second identifiers which can be transmitted to a remote data server, such as an insurance database, so that it is possible to tell when the two parts are correctly secured together. The stress point provides an anti-tamper facility so that the cradle may not be removed from the vehicle. A telematics system comprising said cradle assembly and a telematics unit is also provided as well as a method of manufacturing the cradle assembly.
Patent GB-2493073-A (GB)
Title: Determining ion currents in a quadrupole mass spectrometer
Inventor: MUNTEAN FELICIAN
IPC: G01R19/00
Filed: 2012-07-11
Abstract: In a quadrupole mass spectrometer, background noise is statistically computed during data acquisition by determining the distribution of the digitized background noise values around an average noise level in the mass spectrometer output signal. The noise distribution maximum and width is computed and used to set a threshold to recognize true ion currents above the noise. The determined noise levels are subtracted from the signal output values separately for each measurement period. An average ion current may be calculated by subtracting the noise level from all measurement values above the threshold, adding the corrected measurement values to give an integrated ion current and dividing the integrated ion current by the integration time. If noise distribution cannot be computed, then the noise distribution from another ion mass or another time period may alternatively be used to correct ion current measurements. The noise distribution may be Gaussian.
Patent GB-2501560-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable clip for retaining a cloth on a table
Inventor: AL-BASRI QASIM
IPC: A47G21/16
Filed: 2012-09-19
Abstract: A clip for retaining a cloth on a table comprising a table griping part and a tablecloth gripping part, the table gripping part having opposed upper 1 and lower 2 jaws, the lower jaw being fixed and the upper jaw being adjustable with respect to the upper jaw so as to accommodate a variety of thicknesses of tables and the tablecloth gripping part comprising opposed first 10 and second 3 jaws biased into the closed position by a spring 4, with the first jaw being attached to the lower jaw. In use, the clip is secured to a table 12 using the opposed upper and lower jaws and to the tablecloth using the opposed first and second jaws without the clip being visible underneath the cloth.
Patent GB-2492012-A (GB)
Title: Operation management support system and apparatus, and method of computing train operation plan
Inventor: SAKIKAWA SHUICHIRO
IPC: B61L27/00
Filed: 2011-03-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a technology which can achieve fast processing for adjustments of traffic plans in a system that carries out support for train rescheduling work. A traffic plan generating function (61) of a computer system (100) performs processing (S1) wherein graph data (d2) are generated using a computation link definition table (42) and traffic plan information (pre-adjustment) (d1) in a timetable data table (41); and processing (S2) wherein by using the graph data (d2), computational processing via multithreaded parallel processing is executed to output traffic plan information (post-adjustment) (d3). In the generation of the graph data (d2), the graph data (d2) are formed such that the arrival and departure times with respect to all routes, all trains, and all stations are assigned as values to a plurality of nodes, and that differences in times between two nodes among the plurality of nodes are assigned as weighted values to directed links.
Patent GB-2506881-A (GB)
Title: System and method for enrolment of payment transaction services
Inventor: GARDINER JAMES
IPC: G06Q20/20
Filed: 2012-10-10
Abstract: In an electronic payment transaction, a mobile device captures customer card details using an integrated camera. A user is registered to initiate the payment transaction using a mobile payment application on the mobile device. The registration process involves retrieving customer data associated with the captured customer card details to pre-populate an enrolment form. The user authentication is provided by verifying input authentication data or by an existing mobile service application.
Patent GB-2501596-A (GB)
Title: Locating mobile receiver
Inventor: TARLOW BEN
IPC: G01S5/02
Filed: 2013-02-27
Abstract: A receiver measures received signal strengths (RSSI) and compares it with expected strengths to determine its position. The invention provides near-fingerprinting accuracy without fingerprinting database costs. Initially a GPS-equipped receiver measures signal strengths, which are represented via a parameters (coefficients) of a mathematical model over a limited area. The model then gives the expected strengths (a quasi-fingerprint). The quasi-fingerprint may include a nominal position, a set of power radii and the area that it is applicable to (valid for), Wireless transmitter positions may be included. Position may be determined via a cost minimisation process, with a high cost assigned to positions outside the limited area, and/or by determining power contours (radii / circles) corresponding to a given signal level.
Patent GB-2497713-A (GB)
Title: An inferential coriolis mass flowmeter
Inventor: DAHARI MAHIDZAL
IPC: G01F1/80
Filed: 2012-08-17
Abstract: The present invention relates toan inferential coriolis mass flowmeter characterized by: a power supply (10);a pressure sensor (11) connected to the power supply (10) and a tube of fluid;a current to voltage converter (13) connected to the pressure sensor (11) for converting a current signal from the pressure sensor (11) to a voltage signal; a controller unit (20) including an analogue to digital converter (21) connected to the current to voltage converter (13) for converting analogue signal from the current to voltage converter (13) to a digital signal, and a microprocessor (22) for processing the digital signal from the analogue to digital converter (21) to determine the mass flowrate of the fluid, wherein said microprocessor (22) is embedded with an algorithm to determine the mass flowrate of a fluid according to equation (1):y = 0.002x 4    0.0218x 3 + 0.0865x 2 +0.8769x+0.0846; a display panel (14) connected to the microprocessor (22); and a transmission circuit (15) connected to the microprocessor (22).
Patent GB-2515579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fire detection
Inventor: RYMAN MICHAEL CLIFFORD
IPC: G08B17/10
Filed: 2013-06-30
Abstract: A shipping container fire detection device 120 comprises detection means for detecting a fire, and indicator means for signalling the existence of a fire within an individual container. The fire detection device comprises a body positioned to receive a flow of hot gas from a fire wherein the body includes an indicator for signalling the existence of the fire, the indicator being driven by the flow of hot gas through the body. The device 120 may be attached to, on, or through a wall 115 of a shipping container. The device may include a funnel 125 to promote the flow of gas into the device. The signalling member may include a visual component and/or an audible component 135 (such as a whistle). Gas travelling through the device may cause the generation of an electric current (via an impeller (185,Fig.9) drivable by gas passing through the body) which may be used to power an alarm signal. An alarm signal may be transmitted to a remote warning system.
Patent GB-2509591-A (GB)
Title: Dynamic fly height control that is insensitive to off-track motion
Inventor: GROBIS MICHAEL K
IPC: G11B5/60
Filed: 2013-11-13
Abstract: A disc drive has a controller that selects a region of a magnetic disc for fly height measurement. The selected region comprises a data free region or a region with pre-written reference data. The controller analyzes the read signal intensity from the selected region to obtain a measurement of the spacing between the head and the magnetic disc. The pre-written data may comprise multiple frequencies and the selected region may comprise neighbouring overlapping data tracks 624. The data free region may comprise an unwritten, a thermally erased, or demagnetized region. Fly height control may be effected by use of a heater. Analysis of the read signal from the reference data or noise may comprise spectrum analysis using Fourier analysis. The width of the neighbouring overlapping tracks exceeds any expected side-to-side positional errors of the read head, thus signal variations may only arise from changes in the fly height.
Patent GB-2520550-A (GB)
Title: Engine control unit
Inventor: DAVIES CERITH
IPC: G06F9/48
Filed: 2013-11-25
Abstract: An engine control unit for an aircraft engine includes a suite of software routines. Some software routines are for use with all engine types. Some are specific to particular engine types. The controller includes a task mask 102, 107 for each supported engine type. The task mask consists of sub-masks 1036 for each of the engines operating conditions. Each sub mask has a flag for each of the routines in the suite. The flag indicates whether the corresponding routine 1515 should be run in the corresponding operating state for the corresponding engine. The control unit receives a signal from the engine, indicating the type of engine and executes the routines indicated in the corresponding task mask. The control unit may also have the required rate of execution of each routine in each operating state.
Patent GB-2525604-A (GB)
Title: Method of operating a fuel injector of a three-cylinder internal combustion engine
Inventor: CASSANI STEFANO
IPC: F02D41/40
Filed: 2014-04-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a fuel injector of a three-cylinder internal combustion engine. The engine comprises an electronic engine control unit, ECU, having two driver circuits for driving three fuel injectors where one torque forming injection of a first injector is not executed if it angularly coincides with an injection of the other two injectors. Also disclosed is a three-cylinder internal combustion engine having an ECU with exactly two injector driver circuitries.
Patent GB-2527106-A (GB)
Title: Magnetic chequerboard and playing pieces
Inventor: TOWLE STEVEN
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: A magnetic chequerboard 100 for playing chess, draughts or similar games comprises a non-magnetic chequerboard surface backed by a plurality of magnetic washers individually aligned behind the squares of the chequerboard. Magnetic playing pieces placed on the surface are attracted to an individual washer and are less prone to being knocked or sliding out of position. An alternative to this may preferably have horizontal strips of magnetic material used instead of washers to prevent playing pieces sliding down the board when it is stored or displayed on its edge. Multiple chequer boards may be stacked for easy storage by virtue of corner studs 130 on the top surface of the board fitting into a cavity underneath the backboard 120. A magnetic playing piece for use with the chequerboard comprises a thin disc having a magnet fixed to its bottom surface which spaces the disc away from the playing surface to enable easy lifting of the playing piece.
Patent GB-2530004-A (GB)
Title: Monitoring arrangement
Inventor: FROGGATT KEITH
IPC: F24D17/00
Filed: 2014-07-02
Abstract: A monitoring arrangement 10 for minimising the risk of the user of a shower contracting legionnaires disease, the arrangement comprising a sensor 12, 40, 48 and a control unit 14, with the sensor 12, 40, 48 being configured to detect usage of a water using installation. The control unit 14 includes a timer to show the amount of time elapsed from when the sensor 12, 40, 48 last detected usage of the installation. The timer is automatically reset when usage of the installation is detected by the sensor 12, 40, 48 within a predetermined amount of time from the last detection of usage of the installation. The monitoring arrangement provides an alarm signal if usage of the installation is not detected by the sensor 12, 40, 48 within the predetermined amount of time to notify a person in the vicinity that the system needs to be activated to flush the system, preventing the incubation of the legionella bacteria within the pipes.
Patent GB-2522733-A (GB)
Title: User content analysis
Inventor: GELENCSER ADAM
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2014-07-08
Abstract: Predicting a current destination comprises receiving user data and activity data. At least one non-routine event is determined from the user data, each non-routine event being defined by a respective event time and a respective predicted event location derived from a non-specific location reference (such as a colloquial or user specific location name, or an ambiguous location). At least one routine event is determined from user activity, each routine event being defined by an event time and an event location. Each event time is compared with the current time to determine a current event, and the predicted destination is determined using the event location or predicted event location corresponding to the current event. The user data may be a personal calendar comprising appointments or events. Information relevant to the predicted destination or a route to the predicted destination may be presented to a user. Non-specific location references may be correlated with location data included in the user data to train a machine learning algorithm to output predicted location data from the non-specific location references. The system may be implemented in a vehicle.
Patent GB-2537081-A (GB)
Title: Imaging system
Inventor: NICHOLAS GIACOMO ROBERT COLOSIMO
IPC: G01S17/18
Filed: 2014-07-09
Abstract: An imaging system comprising a photon source, such as a burst illumination laser 1, fires photon pulses 2 into an optical device, such as a non-linear crystal 3, which causes each source photon to be split into two or no more entangled photons 4a & 4b. At least one of the entangled photons 4a is directed toward a first gated camera 7, which is synchronised with the start of each photon pulse. The remaining entangled photons 4b are directed toward a target 5 which may be partially or completely concealed by a barrier 6 or other scattering medium, such as poor weather, foliage or simply significant distance. Photons reflected from the target are received by a second gated camera 8, and a quantum correlation circuit 9 compares photons received at the second camera with those received at the first to determine if they originate from the source. If so, they are used to generate an image of the target; if not, the photons are discarded as noise.
Patent GB-2518285-A (GB)
Title: A line guiding device for a fishing pole
Inventor: ROGERS ANTHONY
IPC: A01K87/00
Filed: 2014-07-16
Abstract: A line guiding device 50 for a fishing pole having a hollow portion along its length and a through-hole in a wall of said hollow portion. The device comprising a first bush 51 having upper and lower surfaces and defining an opening (52, fig 8d), and a support member 53, 54 which extends below said lower surface of said bush and is configured, in use, to be inserted into said hollow portion of said fishing pole via said through-hole such that said first bush lines said through-hole. The support member having an axle 55 rotatably mounted thereon over which elastic line within the fishing pole can run. A second bush 57 may be provided over the opening in the first bush.
Patent GB-2530486-A (GB)
Title: Active surface cleaning for a sensor
Inventor: JONES TIMOTHY
IPC: G01N21/552
Filed: 2014-09-15
Abstract: A borehole or pipeline sensor includes an optical or electrical sensing element 4 that in use contacts a fluid being sensed, the sensor includes a heater 8 configured to locally heat the sensing element to clean the surface in contact with the fluid. By heating the active surface fouling substances may be removed there from. Heating the surface above a supercritical point of a fluid being sensed may create a fluid that may serve to clean the active surface. The sensor is an infrared device for detecting species in the fluid having an infrared absorbance. Limiting the duration of the heating and/or pulsing the heating may mitigate adverse effects of use of high temperatures. A doped active surface, such as a doped diamond window may be designed to have conductive areas in the window that may be used for resistive heating of the window.
Patent GB-2519247-A (GB)
Title: Antenna device, electricity supply element, and communication terminal device
Inventor: NAKANO SHINICHI
IPC: H01Q23/00
Filed: 2013-06-28
Abstract: This antenna device is provided with: a conductor surface (14) at which an aperture (14A) is formed having an open section interconnecting with the outside; an electricity supply element (36) having a first coil (L21), which is connected to the electricity supply element (36), and a second coil (L22), which is magnetic field coupled to the first coil (L21); a first mounting section (141) that is provided to the open section and to which the first end of the second coil (L22) is connected; and a second mounting section (142) that is provided to the open section separated from the first mounting section (141) and to which the second end of the second coil (L22) is connected. The first mounting section (141) and the conductor surface (14) directly or indirectly interconduct, the second mounting section (142) and the conductor surface (14) directly or indirectly interconduct, and the aperture (14A) configures a loop by means of the first mounting section (141), the second mounting section (142), and the second coil (L22).
Patent GB-2534232-A (GB)
Title: Multimedia capture device
Inventor: ADRIAN ROE
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2015-01-19
Abstract: A capture card 3 for connection to an expansion slot of host computer 7 communicates data as a network card on a data bus of the host computer. It comprises: external device interface 31 to receive content data from audio-visual (AV) device 27, e.g. cameras; server module 25 providing received content data to the host computer as a network resource; and network card driver module 15 to format the received content into network formatted content data based on a predefined network layer protocol and to transmit the network formatted content data to the host computer via a host computer interface 9a. By presenting the AV capture card to the host computer as a generic network interface where captured AV data is transmitted as a stream of network data packets, the need of specific custom device drivers is eliminated, thus improving compatibility. Examples of data bus connectors are USB, PCI or PCMCIA.
Patent GB-2535454-A (GB)
Title: A portable switching device for switching a circuit remotely
Inventor: EOIN CALDWELL
IPC: H02B3/00
Filed: 2015-02-11
Abstract: A portable switching device for switching an external circuit 500, such as a circuit breaker, comprises: a voltage input for connection to a voltage output 511 of the external circuit, at least one voltage output 108, 110 for connecting to terminals 515, 517 of the external circuit, and a ground input 112 for connection to a ground 513 of the external circuit. Relays and protective circuitry are provided between the voltage input and voltage outputs of the portable switching device to allow the device to switch the external circuit from a first operating state to a second operating state in response to a signal from a remote actuating device, thus allowing the external circuit to be remotely controllable between its operating states by connection of the portable switching device thereto.